New York Beauty
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Stepping Stones
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New York Beauty Table Topper

Here it is!  I finished this beauty this morning and it couldn’t be a more perfect day for pictures!

 

New York Beauty

 

I originally saw this layout at the Heritage Park Quilt Festival in Calgary in 2011 and I started making the blocks.  Finally, 2 years later, there were all finished and I was able to start quilting!  I used 50wt Aurifil colours for both the quilting and the piecing… have I mentioned that I love Aurifil?  I’m totally addicted to them!  The colours are beautiful, the weight of the thread is perfect and it quilts so beautifully with my Bernina!

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I had lots of fun quilting this one!  It’s so nice to do detailed designs when you only have a small project to work on.  I started with a feather pattern in the corner pieces, then I added a swirl in the points with pebbles in the background.  For the centre pie pieces I did  echo circles and then finally flowers in the centre squares!  :)

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I made a tiny label for this quilt with an iron-on transfer and some coloured fabric pens.  In case it’s hard to read in this picture, the label says,” Mini quilts are tiny treasures”.

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I am not a fan of making binding that goes around inside corners so instead I sewed the backing and batting right-sides together and turned the quilt inside out so avoid the binding.  I like it this way though because the quilt is already pretty busy and I’m not sure what I would have bound it with anyways. IMG_5027IMG_5026IMG_5025

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This mini quilt looks so nice out in the sunshine, but for the rest of the spring it will be here, to make my kitchen bright!

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The Happy Hookers

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I was just telling you how little sewing I've done this winter but I should let you know that I have been staying creative with a bit of crocheting.  I learned to crochet over Christmas with my mom and have been doing a little here and there lately.  When I encouraged my friend Sara to learn her … [Continue reading...]

Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones

It's been over two years now since I started this beauty of a quilt!  It was my first experience with paper piecing and it turns out, I loved it!  It took me about 2 months to finish the quilt top and then another 22 months to decide how to quilt it! I've had this quilt finished and displayed … [Continue reading...]

Work in Progress

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So this is what I have been doing lately. I've been trying to get different projected finished, stated a few new projects and even learned how to crochet! Yup, I decided to learn crochet over Christmas! Since I have never been much for hand sewing (except for bindings of course) I thought it … [Continue reading...]

Ascend

Ascend - Sept 2012

I finished my Ascend quilt officially on New Year's Day. I had been waiting for a specific fabric I wanted to use for the binding, but I actually finished the piecing and the quilting in September. Even though this quilt was a lot of work to put together with all the 2.5" strips I absolutely love … [Continue reading...]

Peppermint Frenzy

Peppermint Frenzy - Dec 2012

I started my Christmas quilt for this year in July with a Pinterest board for ideas. My criteria? Something BIG! I wanted a king sized quilt that would cover my whole bed like a bedspread and be wintery in design without screaming "It's Christmas time!", because I wanted to use it is a … [Continue reading...]

Merry Moosemas Heather!

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I have a cousin who loves Christmas. No, I mean she really loves Christmas! Like on November first her Christmas decorations go up! Heather is actually married to my cousin Tyrel so I guess she's a cousin-in-law, but really she's just as good as any first cousin... Maybe better! Wait, I … [Continue reading...]

Happy Halloween

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I hope everyone is having a great day and enjoying all the little ones dressed up today! I know I am! Here is my new table runner for Halloween this year. I quilted it with flowers and pebbles. Here is a reminder of the Halloween quilt I finished in August. This one is on display at Sew … [Continue reading...]

Box of Chocolates Revamped

Box of Chocolates Revamped - sample

Since I made my Box of Chocolate Quilt last year I have been asked to teach a class at SMT to make this quilt.  Although I really liked my original colours, they have been done several times now I thought for my class sample I would step out and add a modern twist to this … [Continue reading...]

Hope Valley Lattice

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Almost two weeks ago I finished my Hope Valley Lattice quilt. I've been talking about it all summer since I first bought the fabric in Calgary in May and now it's finished and photographed. I really love this quilt. I would have liked it to be a tad bigger (queen sized instead of lap … [Continue reading...]